We live in strange times. Strange times indeed.
Snowden is the stylized, “Hollywood” take on the Edward Snowden story. EX-CIA contractor who leaked documents detailing a global surveillance program perpetrated by the NSA. It was such a perverse invasion of privacy that it spurred countless investigations into the US Government, many of which are still going on today.
TL;DR NSA has your dick pics. Seriously.
Check out the trailer for Snowden.
I really don’t feel too “right” about this movie. Joseph Gordon Levitt does a TERRIBLE job impersonating Edward Snowden, and Zachary Quinto as Glenn Greenwald?
This is going to attempt to distill a very important story down into a 2 hour drama. Why all the sex? Why all the weird “hacking” graphics? I feel like director Oliver Stone was attempting to recreate the famous Hack The Gibson scene from Hackers.
https://youtu.be/8wXBe2jTdx4
It’s the Julian Assange story all over again.
Snowden hits theaters September 16th. Do yourself a favor and see Citizenfour first.